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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 10, 1169(2019)

LED-based fiber quantum key distribution: toward low-cost applications

Xiu-Xiu Xia1, Zhen Zhang2, Hong-Bo Xie1,3, Xiao Yuan4, Jin Lin1,3, Sheng-Kai Liao1,3, Yang Liu1,3, Cheng-Zhi Peng1,3, Qiang Zhang1,3、*, and Jian-Wei Pan1,3
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  • 1National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai 201315, China
  • 2QuantumCTek Corporation Limited, Hefei 230088, China
  • 3Shanghai Branch, CAS Center for Excellence and Synergetic Innovation Center in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai 201315, China
  • 4Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK
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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Feb. 4, 2019

    Accepted: Aug. 26, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 27, 2019

    The Author Email: Qiang Zhang (qiangzh@ustc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.001169

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